Category Archives: Art
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English Pub Signs
English pub signs are a form of commercial art that I find myself quite taken with. Here are some examples: Unquestionably above the others though is, the one and the only, original Goat Tavern near my old residence along High Street Kensington: Continue reading
Fat or Phat?
The Best Movie Shootout Scenes
The Best Movie Shootout Scenes, The Best Gun Scenes, The Best Movie Gun Scenes… Give it the title you want. I tried to collect the very best. Hands down, I think the best movie shootout scene of all time is the sequence in Heat between the bank robbers and the police. Simply incredible and like … Continue reading
Royal Academy of Arts (London)
My Italian interpreter and I went to the Royal Academy of Arts today. They had a special exhibition on Japanese woodblock prints, but there are enough Japanese woodblock originals in the Ames family for me not to consider the fee to enter the cramped rooms (stuffed with tourists) to be worth it. We explored the … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 